I used to think there were ferocious alligators that lived under my bed, but only at night. So if I needed something in the middle of the night, I could not get out of bed under any circumstances, because I would get eaten. Instead, I would SCREAM for my parents to come turn the light on first.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I believed alligators lived in toilets, and one apparently got hold of my sister.Anon
- I always thought the song Blinded by the light went "Wrapped up like a dousche, another runner in the night"— Dawn
- I used to think that at night at the beach the government would turn off the waves.— Caitlin
- I used to believe that my parents and sister were alligators underneith there zip on human costume...haha— Alyssa
- if I painted an egg on Easter Sunday, it would turn into chocolate during the night— Kay
- I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.— Big J